My dearest friends Priya, Kanchan and I had a little too much fun recording this live Zoom call where a few of you joined! We chat about holiday traditions, menus, gift ideas and of course what we are each reading, watching and listening to this December. Grab a chai or champagne and join us in this Happy Hour which was recorded live on Dec 4, 2020 with old friends and audience members joining us from all around the world!

Full conversation below, on your favorite podcast app, Spotify or at www.theindianedit.com and please take a second to rate us wherever you’re listening so others can find us too! (Please excuse the audio quality as everyone had a bit more background than usual.)

SHOWNOTES FOR EPISODE 42 (we covered so much I’ve probably missed some things!):

Kanchan’s cookbook, blog & instagram

Priya at The India Center Foundation and her documentary Lovesick now on Vimeo - a must watch!

The Elder-fashioned cocktail recipe

The champagne we all sampled during the call by Drappier

Stanley Tucci’s instagram cocktail experiments

Sbagliato cocktail recipe

DiasporaCo spices

Burlap & Barrel Floyd Cardoz masalas and the unusual and ‘life-changing’ Black lime and Urfa Chili

Just Date syrup and chai caramel

Artem Jewelry by Sadhna whose hoops I was wearing

Design Mom’s Gifts for Teens

BOOKS WE DISCUSSED:

Finding Mighty by Sheela Chari

Here We Are by Aarti Shahani

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half

Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon by Simran Jeet Singh

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

After The Ecstasy The Laundry by Jack Kornfield

Parwana: Recipes and Stories from an Afghan Kitchen by Durkhanai Ayubi

Yotam Ottolenghi’s cookbooks

Dishoom: The First Ever Cookbook from the Much-Loved Indian Restaurant by Shamil & Kavi Thakrar

The Yoga of Eating

Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself

SHOWS & FILMS:

The Social Dilemma

His Dark Materials

Aarya on Hotstar

Made in Heaven

My Octopus Teacher

Fantastic Fungi

Lovesick - Priya’s fantastic documentary

PODCASTS:

Song Exploder

Home Cooking with Samin Nosrat and Hrishikesh Hirway

OTHER FAB GIFTS FROM PREVIOUS PODCAST GUESTS:

Maisha Concept sustainable fashion

Christine Chitnis’ gorgeous book Patterns of India

Sayali Goyal’s magazine Cocoa & Jasmine

Follow us on Instagram and check out our website for more amazing guests, gift ideas!

Special thanks to Varun Dhabe, Aman Moroney and the team @ Boon Castle / Flying Carpet Productions for audio post-production engineering!